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Harmony Forge Mansion

Coordinates: 40°56′5″N 77°47′12″W / 40.93472°N 77.78667°W / 40.93472; -77.78667
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Harmony Forge Mansion
Harmony Forge Mansion, December 2012
Harmony Forge Mansion is located in Pennsylvania
Harmony Forge Mansion
Harmony Forge Mansion is located in the United States
Harmony Forge Mansion
LocationSouth of Milesburg on Pennsylvania Route 144, Boggs Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°56′5″N 77°47′12″W / 40.93472°N 77.78667°W / 40.93472; -77.78667
Area32 acres (13 ha)
Builtc. 1810-1820, c. 1847
NRHP reference No.79002183[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 16, 1979

Harmony Forge Mansion is a historic home and property located at Boggs Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania. It was built between 1810 and 1820 by Joseph Miles, and is a 2 1/2 story, 5-bay stone building, with a 2-story stone kitchen wing. It measures 44 feet, 6 inches, by 40 feet. Also on the property are two barns, a twos-story frame dwelling, and the 2,000 feet of earthworks ruins of the Bald Eagle and Spring Creek Navigation Canal, built about 1847. The property includes the remains of Locks #4 and #5 of this canal. The Harmony Forge, built about 1795, and the workers houses are no longer extant.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Gregory Ramsey (March 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Harmony Forge Mansion" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-11-07.